Deep Sky Object in Spring
Abell 1367 (Galaxy Cluster in Leo)


Date & Time: Apr 27 2019, from 20:04 to 20:46 JST(+0900)
Composed 8 shots with 6 minutes exposed
Optical: Meade 25cm(10") Schmidt-Cassegrain with conversion lens (f=1600mm, F6.3)
with BaaderPlanetarium Moon&Skyglow filter
Auto-guided with Meade LX200 Equatorial & Lacerta M-GEN
Digital Camera: Canon EOS 6D (Remodeled)
Location: Ooizumi, Hokuto city, Yamanashi pref.

Camera Settings: Recording Format...14bit CCD-RAW, converted to 16bit TIFF(3056×3056)
Device Size...20×20mm, Sensitivity...ISO4000


Abell 1367 / Galaxy Cluster, type 2 1 II-III
R.A.11h 44m (Rough position)
Dec.+19° 50' (Rough position)
Apparent Sizeabout 60'
# of Galaxies117
Red Shift0.0215
Magnitude13.5
Distance270 million light yrs.
Galactic superclusterComa Supercluster
Abell1367 is a galactic cluster positioned at Leo's tail, about 5.5 degrees north from beta Leo, Denebola. The cluster contains over 100 galaxies in span of 1 degree. A major galaxy in center has a number of NGC3842, a size of about 1 arc minutes and a brightness of 13.4th magnitude. The distance has been estimated about 270 millions light years from the Galaxy.
Numbers with 4 digits represent NGC #



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